Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 113, Shloka 7
रावणवधदर्शनम्
Lament of the Rākṣasa Women upon Seeing Rāvaṇa Slain
ताःपतिंसहसादृष्टवाशयानंरणपांसुषु ।निपेतुस्तस्यगात्रेषुछिन्नावनलताइव ।।।।
tāḥ patiṃ sahasā dṛṣṭvā śayānaṃ raṇapāṃsuṣu | nipetus tasya gātreṣu chinnā vanalatā iva ||
Als sie ihren Gemahl im Staub der Schlacht daliegen sahen, stürzten sie plötzlich auf seine Glieder, wie abgeschnittene Gartenranken, die in sich zusammensinken.
In the battlefield they saw their husband lying, and precipitately fell on his limbs like broken creepers in a garden.
FAQs
The verse reveals the tragic aftermath of adharma: when a leader falls, dependents collapse too—ethically warning against reckless, unrighteous rule.
The women reach the fallen Rāvaṇa and throw themselves upon his body in shock and grief.
Fidelity and attachment (as a human emotion) are foregrounded; the epic uses it to deepen ethical reflection on the cost of wrongdoing.
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